Laser Marking Insulation Wool
Do you recognize a wish to increase product awareness and branding? There is a worldwide growing interest in branding mineral wool panels with firm logos, grids, and R-values. Laser marking is the solution!
Laser Marking, also often referred to as laser engraving or etching, is a technique to make a permanent mark on materials. The marks are often product names, logos, grids, batch numbers, or arrows. It is a contact-free process that offers high-quality visual results on an extensive range of materials, such as (coated) metals, plastics, and natural materials.
Laser marking is gaining popularity with the insulation wool producers, as the advantages versus “hot wheel”, press, and ink-jet marking are significant:
- High reliability, no moving parts and nozzles in a dusty environment
- Time stamp or batch code for traceability and anti-counterfeiting
- Changeovers in less than a second without stopping
- Instant switching between active marking and standby
- No heating-up delays and costly idle time
- Logo drawings and designs are stored in a local database and can be activated by centralized control
EU Legislation
On March 30, 2022, the European Commission presented its proposal for a framework of design requirements to ensure sustainable products”. At the core of this proposal is a new Ecodesign Regulation that will replace the current Ecodesign Directive. (A Directive needs to be transposed into national legislation by an EU country; a Regulation is binding in every country).
One of the main objectives of this legislation is to reduce the negative environmental impacts throughout the entire life cycle of products. In this context, there are developments to create mandatory material passports. Increasing the material recycling of discarded products through the use of a “material passport."
Zenna Laser can assist in adding the material passport to your products according to EU requirements.
